RE News - Melanie Stratford
Prayer and Worship
Tomorrow we will gather as a whole school in St Monica’s church for our Whole School Prayer led by 4 Blue on Respect for God. All are invited to join us.
During the season of Lent we have been challenged to lengthen our prayers, our acts of kindness and give up the things that do not show others that we follow Jesus. How are you going? What change could you start with this week?
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Term 1 Liturgical Life of St Monica’s Primary School |
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Whole School Prayer |
Grade Masses |
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Week 8 |
Whole School Prayer Focus: Palm Sunday led by 1 White Friday 9.15am |
Grade Mass Wednesday 9.30am: Year 3
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Week 9 |
Whole School Liturgy Focus: Holy Thursday, Thursday 9.15am
Good Friday led by Year 6 throughout the day Thursday |
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Week 10 |
Whole School Liturgy Focus: Easter Tuesday 9.15am |
Grade Mass Wednesday 9.30am: Year 1 and K |
Social Action and Justice
Fourth Week of Lent
St Monica’s, we have raised an outstanding $626 for Project Compassion, and we are only 4 weeks in. We still have another 2 weeks of our fundraising period and if you have capacity your donations are valued. Each week our Year 6 Faith and Justice students go into each class to lead a Lenten reflection and share the stories of those our funds are helping. A common theme across all the stories we are hearing is the power education has to change lives.
Memory is 26 years old and lives in rural Malawi. As the eldest child in a low-income farming family, Memory had to take on many household chores and farming activities to support her parents. They struggled to pay for Memory’s school fees and school supplies, and Memory often had to walk to school barefooted.
With the support of Caritas Australia and its partner the Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM), Memory was able to enrol at a technical college where she learnt technical skills in carpentry. She undertook a three-year carpentry course, with CADECOM supporting part of her tuition and boarding fees.
Memory became the first female carpenter from her village. Today, she works as a carpenter at one of Malawi’s largest hydroelectric power stations. With the income from her job, she can provide financial support to her family and inspire other young women in her community so that they may have the opportunity to succeed in a male-dominated industry.
Watch Memory’s Story
Please donate to Project Compassion.
Together, we can help vulnerable communities face their challenges today and build a better tomorrow, for all future generations.
You can donate through Project Compassion donation boxes, online by visiting caritas.org.au/project-compassion or by calling 1800 024 413.
Photo: Tim Lam/Caritas Australia
